Rhetorical Terms

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Amplification

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Arranging words or clauses in a sequence of increasing force.

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Tetracolon

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Any series of four coordinate items.

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Imperative

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The command form of the verb.

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Conceit

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An elaborate metaphor sustained over a number of lines or paragraphs.

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Logos

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Appeal to logic (statistics, facts, and reasons).

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Ethos

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Appeal to credibility or character.

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Pathos

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Appeal to emotion.

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Tricolon

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A series of three coordinate items.

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Isocolon

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A series of items that are similar in structure and length.

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Understatement

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A figure of speech in which a writer or speaker deliberately makes a situation seem less important than it is.